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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1944)
PACE TEN HERALD A NO NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON DIN CHOP IN OREGON NCBSES Production of Oregon dry on' Ions this year is expected to ap proximate 1,375,000 sacks (100 pounds), compared with 1,026, 000 sacks in 1943, the bureau of agricultural economics reports. The indicated 1944 crop rep resents a 34 per cent increase over last year, principally the re sult of an expansion in the acre age in Maineur county in easiern Oregon. The record crop this year compares with the 10-year (1933-43) average r.roduction of 678,000 sacks. Harvesting has begun in Mal heur county and will be under way generally in tne area oy me last of the month. In western Oregon, pulling will begin dur ing toe first week of Septem ber. Fnr the entire nation, a record crop of 17,320,000 sacks (100 lb.) of late summer onions is indicat' pri fnr 1S44 on the basis of Aug ust 1 conditions. The indicated crop exceeds the previous rec ord established in 1939 by slight ly more than three million sacks and is about 51 per cent greater than the near-average crop pro duced last year. The 74,380 acres for harvest this year is about one-fifth greater than the 1939 acreage and the indicated yield per acre for this year is only one sacK less man in xrnsv. Although conditions are rath er uneven in many areas, pros pective yields are above average , in each of the major sections and are above 1943 yields in the eastern and central states. In the western states, where the average yield was exceptionally high last year, the 1944 average is expected to be somewhat low er than in 1943 because of less favorable prospects this year in Colorado, Oregon and Washing ton. Acreage in the western states was increased 51 per cent over that of l4d, much more than offsetting the lower yield. Present prospects are that the eastern states will produce about one-fourth of the total late crbp this year, the central states about one-fifth, and the western states more than one-half. Dur ing the period 1933-42, each sec tion produced, roughly, one- third of the total. Farmers Get Ready For Biggest Storage Year liMM- Klamath farmers are getting ready to itore the baiin'i "blggeet potato crop, now approaching maturity. In spit of wartime building difficulties, some extension ol storage facilities has oc curred this year, as witness the above new cellar at the Sam Wong place on. the Morrill highway. County Home Ecpnomies Committee Slates Meeting E BOARD TO MEET Agricultural -wage boards oi Oregon ana uaiuornia will con duct a meeting Friday, August za, at 10 a. m. at the Merrill high school to receive t e s t i- roony regarding the establish' ment of price ceilings on har vest wages, County Agent C. A. Henderson has announced. Particular attention will be paid to wages paid for harvest ing onions and potatoes.' Information will be present ed by the Tulelake Growers . and the Klamath Potato -Grow-ers' association as well as any individuals whether, they be growers or worxers. Four-H News The Langell Valley Livestock club held their meeting at tjie Gift home July 30. Wa decided to have all of our record books ready to hand in the next meet ing. We Dracticed sones and yells. Paul and Donald Clark and Annie Lou Romtvedt.went to summer camp. . At the close of the meeting Mrs. Gift served refreshments; The next meeting will be at Duvalls, August 27. . . News Reporter, Annie Lou . Konuveat. Henley Victory Garden Club The Henley . 4-H Victory Gar den club met at the home of our leader, Mr. Hoffman, on Sunday, August 13. The - meetine wan called to order by the vice presi- uem, XiUgar jnoiiman. xne roll was called and we sang several songs. We had the flag and club pledges and then we discussed how our gardens were coming along, then we planned another nayriae lor Sunday, August 20. , Minta King, news reporter, According to a scientist in England, every man is worth $8000 to his country at the time ot nis mrtn. for Bigger, Better Birds! TRIANGLE DEVELOPING FEEDS AT YOUR (.FEED DEALERS In Pellet or i form . 1 1 i n n Hi i a It 1 Meal i TRIANGLE W ' MILLING CO. CSS N. Tillamook St '!! . pparukNo, okison , Nucleus of home extension work in Klamath county is the Klamath county home econom ics committee, whose members are outstanding leaders among homemakers in each community in the county, according to Mrs. Winnifred K. Gillen, home dem onstration agent, who this week announced the initial fall meet ing of the county committee for Tuesday, August 29, at the home of Mrs. Earl Mack of the Hen ley district. The Tuesday meeting, de signed to afford an opportunity to the home extension leaders to survey the accomplishments of the program during the past year and to plan the Septem-ber-to-May activities of the group, will be a picnic lunch eon, at which all the members of the county committee, both active and former members, will be present. Representatives from Alta- mont, - Bly,. Bonanza, Modoc Point, Chiloquin, Merrill, Ma lin, Poe valley and all of the home extension units in the Klamath Falls vicinity, as well as a contingent from Weyer haeuser Camp No. 4, will at tend the gathering, which will be presided over by Mrs. W. S. Metier, Altamont,. chairman of the committee. Those who have been bidden to the Tuesday luncheon by virtue of their long service to the cause of better homemaking in Klamath county include Mrs. ' v-.-j.. racuieiian ana Mrs. urea Fletcher of Klamath Falls;JMrs. Perry Haley of Malin, Mrs. Rob ert Allen, formerly . of Chilo quin, but now of Silverton, Mrs. A;. L. Marshall,. Mrs. Bert Schultz and, Mrs. - Lee Holliday of Klanfath 'Falls, Mrs. Jesse Drew of Dairy, Mrs. Mack and Mrs. W. M. Williams of Henley, Mrs. A. R. Dickson and. Mrs. Ida Grimes of Klamath Falls, and Mrs. James Dixon of Bly. Other . county committee members who" are expected to make up the executive group for the day are Mrs. Rex High of Poe valley, Mrs. Metier, Mrs. W. B. Bickers of Modoc Point, Mrs. S. A. Barnum of Bonanza and Mrs. Dave Campbell, Bly. Majority of the home exten sion units will open the year's study program with a meeting on Christmas gift-making in September, to be followed by the program voted upon by ex tension "cooperators," as the study group members are termed, at the program-planning day in May. This will in clude meetings on oven meals, making refrigerator rolls and sweet rolls, "Let's Have Fewer Colds," short cuts in home sew ing; forestalling delinquency. slip covers, and one titled "Mak ing Home More Liveable Through Better Organization of storage space. ; Mrs. Gillen asks that women in. the Klamath Falls area who need transportation to the pic nic call her. bach of the com' mittee members will- bring either a salad or a main dish to contribute to tho luncheon. Overlength Trucks To Be Used by Coos Livestock Group COQUILLE. Aug. 24 W) Per- mission to use overlength trucks and trailers for livestock transportation to Oregon and California points has been grant ed to the Coos County Livestock Shipping association by the state highway commission. County Agent George Jenkins said to day. A regulation forbidding use of the overlength vehicles had pre viously held up shipment of con siderable stock, Jenkins added. A flagman must accompany all ot tne oversize carriers. Northrup. King & Co. . New Office Location In Standard Feed Co., Bldg. Corner South 6th and Washburn Ave. . Highest cosh prices paid under OPA regulation for clover and small seeds, on either reclaimed or dirt bails. PHONE - OFFICE 8300, HOME 4904 mam Whenever Possible Skint milk I vitally needed for human food fed to . farm animals it makes meat and eggs, but it can be used much more efficiently as human food if it is ' processed for direct consumption . . . Wherever possible market whole milk . 4 . More milk will be available for food if calves and other farm animaJt are raised on milk-saving feeds. 1. Cfdw more Ttpmt hsy, putting, and (run. 2. Fertilize to increase quuithy and quality ) of feed.' ' " ' ;'.", 3. Feed to avoid summer milk slump.: 4. Feed cows liberally during their dry period. 5. $eep as many cows as feed and labor permit. . 6. Market more whole mill whenever pojiitle, 7. Produce good-quility milk and avoid watte, 8. Breed for better herd replacements. FARM STORE W V V 829 KLAMATH AVE. . MEXICAN NATIONALS SENT TO TULELAKE The first contingent ot Mexi can nationals for work in agri culture arrived In Klamath Palls en route to Tulolnke, tin der the supervision of tho wnr food administration. This group is the vniigmird ot approximately 450 Mcxlcuns that are scheduled for work In the potato harvest during the months of September and Oc tober, according to Frank J, Doyle, area representative of northern California of the war food administration. Doyle announced that John McDonald will be tho resident representative and interpreter of the WFA with offices at Tulcluko. Tho first condiment will be housed on growers' ranches and later arrivals will bn hmurd at a central camp of tho WKA at Tulclnke. All workers are un der contract to tho Tiilolnko Growers' association, There aro approximately 40,. 000 Mexicans now working In California this your, according to Doyle, as against 2H.0O0 last year. Much food and fibre would Imvo boon lost to the al lied cause If it was not for the contribution of tho republic of Mexico in supplying the U. 8. with theso bracoros. If it's a "frozen need, advertise for In tho classified, article you a used one; AUjui, CRATER LAKE! Is Prettier Than Th Pictur8l And . CRATER LAKE FLOUR ; . Is Bttr Than The Advertising . Try a batch of homo-made bread ..j welch him smile. 4 ," BUX IT AT YOUR QROCER'8 . ! Made in Klamath Falls by PACIFIC SUPPLY COOPERATE To our Millions of Customer Friends and the Tltousands of Grocers Wo Serve Tliem DEL MONTE REPORTS ON CANNED FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROSPECTS r Ever nincc tho war lnrted Del Monte has tried to interpret the canned fruit and vegetable picture in si way that would help our many friends and customers) adjust themselves to wartime shortages.' As tho largest canncr of fruits and vegetables in America, we feci it is our responsibility again to make clear how prospects look to us why today's situation exists and what everyone can do to make the best of it,' Big Crops Don't Always Mean Big Packs for Civilians The farmers of this country are doing a great JoK. Peas are a good example. The acreage of green peas sown for processing in 1944 is estimated at 48 more than tho five year pre;war average. Many people feel news like this means onr canned food troubles are over. This isn'r true. One reason is the weather. We had a late spring with Tains and floods. Planting was late and replanting was crowded into a few short weeks. Complicating our problem was the shortage of exi perienced workers. ... , Peas must be canned at one certain stage in their development to produce a quality pack. This year, the) pea crop matured much faster than usual and wa started our Del Monte pea operations with a stall of regular field and cannery workers 30 below normal. One thing that saved the day for us on peas was the patriotic help of hundreds of citizens of DeKalb and Rochelle, Illinois; Sleepy Eye and Wells, Minnesota; Arlington, Wisconsin; Ogden, Smithfield and Spanish Fork, Utah; Franklin, Idaho; and Toppenish, Wash ington. Among them were housewives, office workers, public officials many of whom had never set foot in a cannery before. With everybody pulling together, we were able to can 50 more than our average pre war pack. But military needs have grown. Last year, every member of the industry turned over to the government 20 of its pack of canned peas. This year, the government will require double that amount. So despite all the fine news about crops and packs, there probably will be fewer canned peas for civilians. The harvest of green beans and com is not com- pleted.' Weather is always a tremendous hazard with' any vegetable crop.. It looks today as if there would be plenty of string beans. There is some danger that con- tinued dry weather will affect the corn crop. But .even if it doesn't the best we can hope for is a civilian sup.' ply of corn somewhat less than last year's.. Tomatoes are only beginning to ripen. Present prosy pects are for a pack as large as last year's. But the amount going into civilian distribution will he consid erably less.- - ' " In short, the yegetable outlook is not promising What About the Outlook on Canned Fruit? Canned fruit is one of Ute most popular foods witH the armed forces. The government is reserving the' equivalent of better than two-thirds of. the pack a material increase over last year's requirements, This entire amount must be set aside for the armed forces before civilians can get' single can or Jar. AVd rlglitly for what good American would deny a serviceman first call on the food he needs?. The canned fruit situation has one bright spot. A' bumper crop of apricots produced n good supply for civilians despite manpower, shortages and larger government requirements. But the pear crop is short meaning onnaidertbly fewer canned pears for us at home. We will have 1cm canned pineapple on our tables, too. There are two big "if" in this year's sizable peach' crop weather and manpower. A hot spell could ripen peaches so fast that we couldn't find enough workers to handle them. With Undo Sam needing more this last year it looks (even with good weather) like de&. nitely fewer peaches for tho home front. , Fruit cocktail? Canncrs hope to "put up" even mors thsn last year. But quotas for our fighters have grown still faster. Again, this means less at your grocerV , . So, it should be clear that there simply can't be i fruit pack big enough to leave a normal supply of fruit for civilians, after increased military needs are met - Count on Your Fair Share of Del Monte Whatever amounts of Del Monte are finally svlj able, however, you can depend on this t , We are doing everything we can to see that you can get your share of them Ever since the war started, we have apportioned1 Del Monte Foods to Dol Monte distributors in ever section of the country, on a fair and square basis. Furthermore, we are spreading out our Del MonW deliveries throughout the year. This means that yoa can hope to find several varieties of Del Monto Fruili and Vegetables on your grocer's shelves at most time. So look for and ask for Del Monte FoodW IVou have a right to your share, and your chances of getting some Del Monte Product to answer your purpose are good. ' Use Del Monto'a wide variety, too. Switching vli swapping within the-Del Monte line is ono of the best ; answers to wartime shortages, because it js tjisbfirt way to be sure. of quality and flavor. ; Other Ways to Help If you live near a. food processing plani, you1 carl help produce a bigger pack yourself by working tliers part or full time. Check with the U. S. Employment Service or your nearest plant You can see by this, report how much your help is still needed. Arid do' continue to bo patient with your grocer. Understand hh problems. Rcmembor that the better known brands are the first to be taken from his shelves. Try td help case his load by such tlioughtfulness u chopping early in the day and early in the week. ; Neither: America's food producers nor Amencsl grocers' can win the battle of the food front alone. Your intelligent cooperation with tho industry, your grocer ' and your government is very important. ' It's a big responsibility. But we have yet to mo problem that is too big for American women, espe cially when it means their families will bo better too Vthe mora jf1
